Tom Allen wrote:
>
> I am not directly invilved in the bumble bee cultivation but as yuou said in
> the Northeast bumble bees do not winter over. Only the queen.  Is the
> originator of the bumble sequence sure that he is looking at bumble bees not
> found hornets. I can not remember a bumble bee that ever threatened let along
> stung. Ground hornets on the other hand are nasty mean.
When I was a young man we put up prairie hay in Kansas using horses.
I can vouch for the fact that bumble bees take a dim view to having
their nests destroyed and can sting horses and people.  It seemed to
me that they really packed a wallop.
 
Been Bumble Bee Stung
Vic